Other Defender Publications

To purchase publications, please download a publication order form and send it with your check payable to NLADA or credit card information to: NLADA, 1140 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 900, Washington, D.C. 20036 or by fax at (202) 872-1031.

Case Weighting Systems: A Handbook for Budget Preparation (1985):
Prepared with a grant from the National Institute of Justice, the handbook contains valuable information on how case weighting systems can be developed and incorporated into the defender's budget planning process. Includes numerous charts and tables (53 pages).

A Defender Guidebook to Technology Integration in Criminal Justice Information Systems:
The benefits and challenges of integrating defender computer systems with prosecution, courts and other agencies, with examples and materials (117 pages).

Why More Indigent Defense Systems Research is Needed: The National Defender Systems Survey - An Interim Report, 1997 prepared by NLADA for the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, on the importance and scope of needed research into the ways that states and localities furnish indigent defense services (18 pages).

Pleadings and Exhibits Challenging Video Courts (1998):
Kentucky defender Dan Goyette's pleadings and exhibits (207 pages) challenging video courts, with videotape (approximately 40 minutes).